A running analysis of care quality in England. Every day we pull the Care Quality Commission's register. Each time the picture moves, we re-cut what it says about care homes, home care and primary care.
The CQC's register changes every day. New locations open and others close, ratings are published, and inspections happen or do not. A report written in the spring is out of date by the autumn. CQC Monitor is Bridgehead's standing analysis of that register, so every figure here is tied to a named date and a named source.
Bridgehead advises care providers and the organisations that speak for them. Our press work, reports and briefings for those clients start from this register, so we keep it current and publish what it shows.
Every adult social care and primary care location on the CQC register, read each day from the CQC's own data feed.
Ratings, inspection gaps, regions and ownership, each counted on one stated basis. Rated services and registered services are never mixed.
Dated reports and a live platform built from the same register, so any figure can be checked against its source.
Among rated services, 17.5% of care homes and 13.0% of home care agencies fall below Good. The comparison flatters home care. The CQC has rated 91% of care homes but only 64% of agencies, and 62% of agencies have not been seen in five years or ever, against 40% of care homes.
The full data narrative: ratings, regions, hotspots, and how stale the public rating record has become.
Read the data narrative → Read the full data analysis report →Four dated reports: care homes, home care, primary care and aesthetic clinics, each with its headline findings and a PDF.
See the four reports →Search any registered location, see its inspection history and ratings, and watch a list of locations for changes.
Open the platform → See how it works, screen by screen →How Bridgehead turns the register into a commercial edge for care sector clients.
Read the case →Quality percentages use rated services as the base. Inspection recency uses every registered service. Data comes from the CQC Syndication API.